What is it? PNG says it’s an artillery shell. China says it’s a wine bottle
China’s embassy in Papua New Guinea has disputed reports that a suspected Chinese-made artillery shell was found in a shipping container in Port Moresby, saying the object was instead a shell-shaped wine bottle. The embassy said in a social media post on Tuesday it was awaiting the official findings of an investigation by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC). It cited an on-site verification by a company involved in the case, which said the object was a wine bottle. “It poses no...
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 covers the same PNG container object dispute, but it states the object was identified as an undetonated artillery projectile, which conflicts with Report 1's account of China's wine bottle cl
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